Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

J. IRWIN;

CUFF HOLDER.

No. 371,264. Patented Oct. 11, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN IRWIN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371.264, dated October11 1887. Application filed May 535, 1887. Serial No. 239,317. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN IRWIN, of Pittsburg, in the county of Alleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinCombined Cuff Button and Holder; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing hadto the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view showingmy improved button and fastener applied to a cuff. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section on the line w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partialsection similar to Fig. 2, showing the cuff-holder in position to beattached to the button. Fig. 4 is a side view of the button 'and itsshank. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section on the line y y of Fig. 2.Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section on the line to w of Fig. 3. Fig.7 isan irregular section on theline zzof Fig. 3, showing in plan view theshank of the cuff-holding device.

Like symbols of reference indicate like parts wherever they. occur.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide a serviceable andconveniently-applied combined cuff-button and cuff holding device.

It consists in certain details of construction, which I willparticularly specify in the claims.

In the drawings, Fig. 4, 2 represents the cuff-button, which hasprojecting from it in a parallel plane a shank, 3, which is corrugatedtowardthe end, as at a. The length of this shank 3 is greater that thedistance between the two sets of button-holes usual on cuffs. The buttonand its shank constitute one of the parts of the device. The other partconsists of a clamp for holding the shirt-sleeve and means forconnecting the clamp with the shank of the cuff button and for holdingthe button in place.

The sleeve clamp consists of pivoted springjaws 4 of the usual form,which are swiveled at the end of the link or arm 5, the axis being inthe same line with the link and not orna line at right angles thereto.The link 5 is connected to a bar, 6, which is constituted of two springarms or leaves, I) and c. To the upper leaf is fastened a wire loop, 7,which encircles the lower leaf, 0, and is back of a shoulder, d, on thelower leaf, Fig. 7.

Sis a lever which passes through a small hole or slot in the upper leaf,1), and has a cam head, 9, between the leaves I) and o. \Vheu the lever8 is turned down flat with the bar 6, as shown'in Fig. 2, the action ofthe cam-head 9 is to separate the leaves b and c and bring them into theposition shown in Fig. 5, and if the lever be raised toward a verticalposition, as shown in Fig. 3, it permits the spring'leaves to cometogether, Fig. 6.

The operation of the device is as follows: In order to fasten the cuffto the sleeve the lever 8 is raised into the position shown in Fig. 3,so as to allow the spring-leaves b and c to come together, and the loop7 is then put through the two rear button-holes of the cufl. (See Fig.3.) The shank 3 of the cuff-button is then inserted through the twoforward button-holes of the cuff and through that part of the loop 7which projects through the rear button-holes inside of the cuff. Thelever 8 is then pushed down flat with the arm 6, and this raises theleaf b and causes the loop 7 to engage the-corrugated portion of theshank 3, as shown in Fig. 2. The cuff-button then holds the cufftogether and the loop 7 prevents the button from being withdrawn. Thecuff may now be put on the arm and the clamp 4 fastened to theshirtsleeve in the usual way, as shown in Fig. 1. The upturned lip e atthe end of the lower leaf, 0, of the arm 6 is designed to prevent thecoat-sleeve from catching on the upper leaf, b, when the coat is put Theshank 3 of the cuff-button may be made of a thin strip of metal, and canwithout trouble be inserted through the button-holes of the cuff. Theparts of the device are therefore very easily connected together, andthe wear upon the cuff is much less than when the cuff-buttons now incommon use are employed.

The advantage of the swiveling of the clamp 4 on the link 5 in themanner which I have shown and described is that the clamp may be easilyreversed, so that it makes no difference whether the device is used withthe cuff on the right or left hand.

I am aware that in other forms of cuffholder, clamps have heretoforebeen swiveled on an axis transverse to the line of the partcorresponding to the link 5, and I do not desire to claim the same,broadly.

The parts of the device may be varied in form without departing from thespirit of my invention. For instance, the parts 5 and 6 may be made inone piece, instead of being in separate pieces, as I have shown them.The lever 8 may be of different form, and the parts may be otherwisevaried.

Without, therefore, limiting myself to the precise form of the device,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with acuff button having a rearwardly-projectingshank which is passed through the front button-holes of the cuff, of acuff holder or clamp having a fastening which is passed through the rearbuttonhole from the outside to the inside of the cuff and engages theshank of the button, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with a button having arearwardly-projecting shank,of a cuff holder or clamp having the leaves b and c, a loop on one leafadapted to pass through the rearbutton-hole of a cuff to engage theshank, and a cam, 9, between the leaves and movable to poses described.

3. The combination, with a cuff-button having a rearwardly-projectingroughened or corrugated shank which is passed through the frontbutton-holes of the cuff, of a cuff holder or clamp having aloop whichis passed through the rear button-holes of the cuff and engages thecorrugated shank, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4:. In a cuff-fastener, the combination of the clamp 4 with a link orbar, said clamp being swiveled to the bar by a swivel which is in thesame line with the bar, substantially as and for the purposes described..7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of May, A.D. 1887.

JOHN IRWIN.

Witnesses:

W. B. CoRwIN, THOMAS W. BAKEWELL.

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